26 Monday Dec 2022
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it looks beautiful outside…
I decided to take a few photos of the deck and opened the sliding door… well, tried to open it…
it slid open about six inches and then wouldn’t move…
was able to stick the phone out just enough to get a few pictures…
it really is lovely to look at, but at some point, I will need to go out and clear the deck off so I can fill the feeder, lol…
11 Sunday Dec 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, door, extendible, garage, garage door, garden, hose, hot tub, memories, moments, open, Technology, washer, water, weather, widow
it was around zero, so today’s project involved hooking up the extendible hose in the basement and then topping up the hot tub…
in the process of connecting the hose I had to go out to the garage for a washer… at which point I discovered that the garage side door wouldn’t open… I tried the key, as it seemed locked, but that didn’t work…
I went in through the overhead door and tried to open it from that side, but no luck there either…
in previous winters the problem had been that it wouldn’t stay closed, lol…
so, will have to see what happens in the next while, sigh…
04 Sunday Dec 2022
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beautiful, big girl pants, blessed, bow, Christmas, door, flowers, friends, fun, moments, plants, poinsettias, talented, widow, wreath
a few days ago my buddy arrived with a wreath and a huge container of poinsettias…
she took the bow off the wreath, added a silver ornament, and finally made and attached a new snowflake ribbon…
then she hung it up on the front door…
it looks great and very Christmas-y… she is very talented;-)…
08 Tuesday Nov 2022
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act, Audrey May Robinson, big girl pants, blessed, dad, door, Earl Walter Chase, front door, memories, mom, poppy, remembering, widow
I put a poppy on the front door…
had to search through the containers at the front door to find it as I haven’t been out anywhere recently where I could get a few…
I did this last year as well…
because I am not going out much there isn’t anywhere to wear it… seems like a small act, but the best I can do…
and I made an online donation to the mypoppy.ca campaign…
apparently I chose my mom when I did the same thing a few years ago… made me giggle because I first thought of doing one for my dad, lol… they both served during World War II…
the above information comes from Then and Now, The History of La Salle, Manitoba…
so, I went ahead and made a second donation in his honour;-)…
have to be fair, lol…
08 Saturday Oct 2022
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, deck, door, family, garden, grandson, happy, levelled, memories, moments, Nathan the Handyperson, projects, repairs, Technology, tilting, tools, widow
sooooo happy…
today, three jobs that have been on the list for ages, got done, thanks to Nathan the Handyperson, and my grandson;-)…
first, the front door sweep got reset and the edging tightened to close up any open spots… happy this took place before the really cold weather… it was first worked on about a year ago and the piece came off early in the spring…
next, the deck got levelled…
it has been sinking more and more over the summer and when they got the underside open, there was the tiniest piece of rotten wood holding it up😳…
we’ve lived here for just over forty-nine years and the deck was probably built at least thirty-five years ago… the top has been replaced once and is still in excellent condition… there was one piece of the frame that had to be replaced, but the rest was in great shape…
the steps to the side garden were removed for the work and then reattached and feel much sturdier now…
and the rail was redesigned, is much more stable, and matches the rail on the other side…
I am so thrilled it has been fixed…
finally, the rotten section on the bathtub pond ledge has been repaired…
back to normal… safe and level;-)…
what a great day;-)…
04 Tuesday Oct 2022
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19 Monday Sep 2022
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back door, big girl pants, blessed, chipped, door, garden, moments, nature, paint, purple, scraped, weather, widow
finally scraped the chipped areas on the back door…
then I pulled out the paint, stirred it for quite a while and painted the bare portions… it was very interesting to see how blue it looked before being stirred up… that probably explains why so many of my purple things turn blue after sitting in the sunlight, lol…
it has been drying and is looking good… I think I will give it one more coat…
06 Monday Dec 2021
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found some red ribbon and rehung the swag at the front door…
a piece of the fishing line had already broken so I was just in time…
instead of cutting the ribbon, I made a cute little bow for the inside of the door…
I think this will work nicely;-)…
01 Friday Oct 2021
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access, big girl pants, blessed, door, drawers, electrical outlet, handyperson, nature, weatherstripping, widow
yesterday, a handyperson came over and was able to get access to an electrical outlet…
he had to cut a hole in the back of a dresser and make an opening so that we are able to plug things in…
I was very happy that this happened as we have a plan in the works for this area…
then he was able to re-level the front door and add weatherstripping which will keep out the cold and block access to any bugs who might want to enter the house…
for the last few days the ladybugs have been trying to get in through that little opening… hahaha, not anymore;-)…
04 Friday Jun 2021
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the bar on the inside of the shower fell off… as in broke;-(…
it looks like I will have to find a piece to go onto the end of one side…
the doors were put in in 2009, so I am worried as to whether we will be able to find this piece, but I use this bar all the time…
wish me luck…
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